This episode was originally published on January 27, 2026.

What even is AI anyway, and how do we harness it for the good of the people? Host Emily talks technology and public power in this episode with Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders, authors of Rewiring Democracy: How AI will Transform our Politics, Government, and Citizenship.

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Books

The Mechanic and the Luddite: A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism by Jathan Sadowski

A Drop of Corruption by Robert Bennet

Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes

Lynch on Lynch edited by Chris Rodley

Rewiring Democracy: How AI will Transform our Politics, Government, and Citizenship by Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders

The Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger

The Hidden Language of Trees by Peter Wohlleben

The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman

A Hacker's Mind by Bruce Schneier

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard

Media

Zero Dark Thirty

Ella McCay

Zenon Girl of the Twenty First Century

Other

Song - The Arrogant Worms: Carrot Juice is Murder (I've Heard the Scream of the Vegetables)

Video - The Fall